Teacher Training

By Anil Sachdev The challenge which the Prime Minister's team has accepted is one of generating employment and growth. Needless to say this goes hand- in- hand with attention to higher education. At 0.6% of GDP, the public expenditure on higher education in India is grim when compared to 2.7% in the USA. Given our demographic divide it is imperative that this is increased with a stronger commitment towards quality. Despite being the third largest higher education system in...

By Anil Sachdev The challenge which the Prime Minister's team has accepted is one of generating employment and growth. Needless to say this goes hand- in- hand with attention to higher education. At 0.6% of GDP, the public expenditure on higher education in India is grim when compared to 2.7% in the USA. Given our demographic divide it is imperative that this is increased with a stronger commitment towards quality. Despite being the third largest higher education system in...

NEW DELHI: "THE world is changing at a rapid pace. Today the education system must cater to the needs of the global market. We must therefore educate our children to become global leaders. " These are oft repeated words. For the education system to be able to truly cater to the requirements of the real world, let alone produce global leaders, we need teachers who are adequately trained. While India has had teachers training institutions, these have not been extremely effective.

NEW DELHI: The NDA government's maiden Budget doesn't stray too far from past practice when it comes to the education sector. The allocation for school education is up by nearly 10% from the interim 2014-15 Budget, while that for higher education is 13% up. The total budget of the human resources development ministry has seen an increase of 12.3% from last year to Rs 83,771 crore. The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, which is the programme for the...

SINGAPORE: A Singapore-based education group is planning to expand its reach in India by doubling pre- school teacher training and franchises for running kindergarten classes through major corporations, keeping in view the huge demand for trained educationists in the country. "We feel there is this huge demand in India for trained pre-school teachers and demand for kindergartens in cities," said T Chandroo, chairman and chief executive officer of Modern Montessori ...

By Dev Lahiri The recent rape of a sixyear-old girl in a Bangalore school, and the horribly shocking visuals of helpless children being thrashed brutally in Kolkata, Delhi and Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh over the last week have shaken the nation to the core. As, indeed, they should. They have also sparked off the mandatory rounds of debates on television channels. While this certainly has the virtue of focusing attention on these issues, one...

In his formative years, Vivek Agarwal broke through the wall of fear—of communicating in English—and came out on the other side feeling empowered. Today, the 42-year-old serial entrepreneur is the founder of the Rs 15 crore Noida-based Liqvid e-Learning Services, an educational software company. It is empowering people to master the preferred language of the corporate world and help shape their careers. "My early years of schooling...

SINGAPORE: A Singapore-based education group is planning to expand its reach in India by doubling pre- school teacher training and franchises for running kindergarten classes through major corporations, keeping in view the huge demand for trained educationists in the country. "We feel there is this huge demand in India for trained pre-school teachers and demand for kindergartens in cities," said T Chandroo, chairman and chief executive officer of ...

CHANDIGARH: Haryana will soon start a statewide Quality Improvement Programme covering 15,000 government schools to further improve learning level outcomes of students. The initiative by Haryana's Education Department will benefit 27 lakh students and 1.25 lakh teachers, an official said. The department has identified critical initiatives needing interventions and has formed dedicated teams for each of them, he said. This project is envisaged to be a 3-5 year...

NEW DELHI: Microsoft India on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Uttaranchal government for the roll-out of project 'Shiksha.' The MoU, being the first in a series of similar partnerships planned by Microsoft, underlines a joint commitment by Microsoft and the state government towards accelerating IT literacy in the state. The MoU will entail the setting up and running of a Microsoft IT academy centre at Dehradun to facilitate teacher training, formulation and...

NEW DELHI: The Punjab Government proposes to cover 1,000 primary schools in a computer-aided learning project in the state, which will be implemented as part of the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan. The computer-aided project will be implemented on build, own, operate and transfer (BOOT) basis, Punjab's SSA authority said in an advertisement inviting bids from national and international companies. Under the project, the companies selected through the...

In his formative years, Vivek Agarwal broke through the wall of fear—of communicating in English—and came out on the other side feeling empowered. Today, the 42-year-old serial entrepreneur is the founder of the Rs 15 crore Noida-based Liqvid e-Learning Services, an educational software company. It is empowering people to master the preferred language of the corporate world and help shape their careers. "My early years of schooling...

NEW DELHI: The NDA government's maiden Budget doesn't stray too far from past practice when it comes to the education sector. The allocation for school education is up by nearly 10% from the interim 2014-15 Budget, while that for higher education is 13% up. The total budget of the human resources development ministry has seen an increase of 12.3% from last year to Rs 83,771 crore. The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, which is the programme for the...

By Ranjan Kaul The Publishing industry is amongst the oldest in the country, while there's no officially recognized and approved data on its size, still by rough estimates it is valued at around Rs 15,000 crores. Over the years the publishing industry has made a significant contribution in raising literary and education standards in the country. Education publishing which comprises a large part of the publishing industry is fast growing, and is amongst...

CHANDIGARH: Haryana will soon start a statewide Quality Improvement Programme covering 15,000 government schools to further improve learning level outcomes of students. The initiative by Haryana's Education Department will benefit 27 lakh students and 1.25 lakh teachers, an official said. The department has identified critical initiatives needing interventions and has formed dedicated teams for each of them, he said. This project is envisaged to be a 3-5 year...

KOLKATA: The United States, through the United States Agency for International Development ( USAID ), has announced a new $4.3 million partnership with Arizona State University's (ASU) Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. This program will share educational best practices with Indian teachers. According to a statement from the US Consulate General, Kolkata , in partnership with the Government of India ministry of human resource development, the India Support for Teacher...

NEW DELHI: Pakistan has asked India to present it with methods of teachers' training and research materials of various teacher training institutes. According to sources, Pakistan Directorate of Staff Development in Lahore has requested the National Council of Teacher Education to share teaching qualities which it wants to incorporate in its training programme. Appreciating the teachers' training programme in India, the Pakistani Directorate has sought...

NEW DELHI: Pakistan has asked India to present it with methods of teachers' training and research materials of various teacher training institutes. According to sources, Pakistan Directorate of Staff Development in Lahore has requested the National Council of Teacher Education to share teaching qualities which it wants to incorporate in its training programme. Appreciating the teachers' training programme in India, the Pakistani Directorate has sought...

BHUBANESWAR: In a bid to achieve an ambitious target to impart training to some one million youths in various employable skills in the next five years, the Odisha government on Friday began collaborating with Kolkata based National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research ( NITTTR ), for creating quality teachers and updated teaching learning materials in technical institutions of the state. Around 1000 teachers will receive continuous online training;...